Supports: cabinet structure – For sewing machine – Portable
Reexamination Certificate
2001-05-22
2004-04-20
Mai, Lanna (Department: 3637)
Supports: cabinet structure
For sewing machine
Portable
C312S311000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06722748
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, generally, to a sewing machine accessory box.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a sewing machine accessory box having a bottom part, as a set-up base, a back wall, a front wall, which is designed as a door, two side walls, a deck and interior shelves, which serve as receiving shelves for receiving accessories, such as bobbins or presser feet for a sewing machine. Each individual accessory is able to be retained in a holding and transport position on the receiving shelf so that, via actuation by a release key or via a swivelling movement of an individual accessory, the accessory can be moved from its holding and transport position into a removal position.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Sewing accessory boxes serve the purpose of storing sewing utensils, such as upper and lower bobbins, presser feet and any additional tools required for servicing the sewing machine. Different varieties of such accessory boxes have been known for many years. The accessory boxes are, in most cases, a component of the case in which the sewing machine is stored when not in use.
U.S. Design Pat. No. D 249,947 discloses a sewing accessory box having two parts, i.e., a first part for receiving the rear portion of the sewing machine and a second part for receiving the front portion thereof. The sewing utensils are plugged on, or inserted in, fixed holding means in the rear portion of the box. This prior art sewing utensils box can only be closed when the sewing machine is jointly stored away together with the second part of the case. Furthermore, this sewing accessory box is linked with the sewing machine by a joint and may, therefore, interfere with the operation of the sewing machine itself.
Switzerland Patent Specification No. 257,090 discloses a portable device for storing sewing utensils in the form of a case. This case can be opened in a standing position on one of its narrow sides and, in this manner, provides access to the bobbins and other utensils, which are arranged in the interior, mounted on suitable take-up pins. The arrangement for holding utensils, particularly, bobbins, is predetermined in this prior art device and no individual division or expansion is possible.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a sewing accessories box that can be used as part of the sewing machine case and also as an independently usable box with doors.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a sewing accessories box in which the take-up shelves in the accessories box allow for accessories to be stowed therein which will not become detached during transport, i.e., that such accessories are retained in place, yet can be easily and individually removed, as required.
The foregoing and related objects are achieved by the sewing accessories box of the present invention, which includes a bottom part, as a set-up base, a back wall, a front wall, which is designed as a door, two side walls, a deck and interior shelves, which serve as receiving shelves for receiving accessories, such as bobbins or presser feet for a sewing machine. Each individual accessory is able to be retained in a holding and transport position on the receiving shelf so that, via actuation by a release key or via a swivelling movement of an individual accessory, the accessory can be moved from its holding and transport position into a removal position.
The sewing accessory box in accordance with the present invention can be set up during sewing next to, or behind, the sewing machine, and the utensils stored therein can be removed from the take-up shelves at any time. The utensils are retained within the take-up shelf by suitable means and can only be removed by prior release of a release mechanism or via means for a swivelling movement. The numbers and designations attached to the small presser feet are made visible by the take-up shelves, as defined by the invention. Similarly, the quantity and color of the thread on the bobbins can be directly visualized from the front. The sewing accessory box, when suspended, can also be used as a wall cabinet.
It is possible to store the sewing accessory box, not only in the position of use, but it can also be readily turned over without causing disarrangement in its interior. The lower thread bobbins are retained in their positions by elastic holding means and can be released for removal by pressing a key without causing them to drop out of the take-up shelf. Other utensils, such as presser feet, are suspended on suitably designed hooks and can be moved from the holding position into the removal position by a swivelling movement.
The take-up means are not arranged fixed in the box, but may be exchanged, if so required. They are mounted on racks and can be pushed into the box and locked therein. In this manner, the interior of the sewing accessory box can be individually adapted to the user's own requirements at any time. The (at least) one foot, which can be integrated in the bottom, or in the back wail, of the accessory box, permits the very slim box to be safely set up on a table. The sewing accessory box can be secured on the back side of the sewing machine when not in use or accommodated within the case. The box can be locked in an advantageous manner on the back side of the sewing machine.
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Amiel Richard
Eichmann Jurg
Fritz Gegauf AG Bernina-Nähmaschinenefabrik
Mai Lanna
Schindler Edwin D.
Tran Hanh V.
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